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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Applicants:
Claudio Nani, Capriano del Colle, IT;
Erwin Janssen, Veldhoven, NL;
Konstantinos Doris, Amsterdam, NL;
Athon Zanikopoulos, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Claudio Nani, Capriano del Colle, IT;
Erwin Janssen, Veldhoven, NL;
Konstantinos Doris, Amsterdam, NL;
Athon Zanikopoulos, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
NXP, B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A non-binary successive approximation analogue to digital converter, for converting using successive conversion steps, is operable in first and second modes. The first and second modes have different noise properties and the converter is switched between the modes during the conversion process.